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approval of the respectable part of the town ; ancl I only regret that those people , instead of advocating a self-constitutional principle , were cutting there own throats by doing away with that principle which the majority of the Council and the Guardians desire to exercise in the regulation of affairs in their own particular department . The increase was voted by two to one ; the pittance —the stipendwhich I cannot help calling a pittance—was

, increased in spite of a party of men , not even ratepayers , who hawked an opposing petition about the Docks . Since then a book has been handed about , soliciting subscriptions to reimburse those who hawked the petition . It was a disreputable affair , a disgrace to Southampton . ( Cheers . )

The Rev . Dr . Bradshaw , having assumed the robe and hood amid much applause , replied -. —Captain Engledue and Gentlemen , I thank you most cordially for that address which you have just endorsed . You have given me credit in that address for advocating many useful public works in this town . I can only say that whatever little ability I am blessed with has always heen most cheerfully given to promote everything that would tend to advance the social , the moral , and above all the spiritual amelioration of my fellow-townsmen .

( Cheers . ) I have invariably assisted at our Ragged Schools ; I have assisted at all our Oddfellows' ancl Foresters' demonstrations ; and I certainly was a little astounded , after having for so many years clone all I could in support of these Institutions , to find that some of their members should be found in the ranks of those of whom Captain Engledue has just spoken . ( Hear , hear . ) I have also , at the risk of my own personal preferment in the church , supported the Church of England Young Men's Society of Southampton in

its integrity . I believe that there are men in this town , in leading Xiositions , who can testify that my speech on that subject ivas the means of raising the Church of England Young Men's Societywhen it was in danger , and tho very pillars of that substratum of the Church were about to be snapped assunder—to a sense of its duty , and keeping intact the prinei i des upon which it was formed . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , it may naturally he considered by some

that the Chaplain of the Borough Gaol , ancl of the Southampton Incorporation , was not in a position to go to his University ancl take the degree of Doctor of Laws ; but you are the best answer to that ; and if I wanted a high authority for it , I can go to Him whose minister lam , and can tell that He speaks in the Sacred Volume that He " will undo the heavy burden ancl let the oppressed go free , " "If I pass from that on to the other sphere of action- —I find he says ' AVhen the poor and needy seek water , and there is noneand their

, , heart faileth them for thirst , I , the Gocl of Israel , will not forsake them . " Thus , gentlemen , in both capacities I feel that I have the high ancl the great name of Him whose ambassador I trust to be declaring that he does not look at these souls as one whit less than the souls of the proudest peer or the greatest men who adorn this

country . And now , gentlemen , I come to the degree winch I have obtained ; and it certainly is to me no ordinary pride to find my name enrolled among the members of the Dublin University . Sir , I trust that in your country I may not be accused of egotism when I say that that University occupies a foremost position among tho learned institutions of the land ; that it has received the sanction and approval of our gracious Queen herself . When our University presented to the Prince Consort of the realm his L . L . D . degree , the

Queen graciously smiled , and hoped that the [ Dublin University would maintain in the present and in the future , as it has done in the past , its proud position among the Universities of the land . ( Cheers . ) If I take the fields of science , we have Hart's Mechanics , Stack's Optics , Luby's Euclid , Spherical [ and Plain Trigonometry , not forgetting Hamilton ' s Conic Sections ; or if I take the fields of the Greek and Latin classics , and speak of all those who have contributed their quota to science and literaturewe have Kenned

, y , who , with regard to Homer , we may put in juxtaposition with your Gladstone ; and I may venture to say , having some pretension to a knowledge of the Greek aud Latin classics , that Dublin will not come oft' second best when the notes of both men are examined . Then we have Wheeler's Virgil and Horace , with Notes on the O-reelc Plays ; but it is not for me to speak of these things "before you , who are acquainted with all tbe Greek ancl Latin books that have issued from our University . Ancl lastthough not leastour

, , University was the first to do honour to the talent ancl the deeds of a man who will ever shine resplendent among the great ones of both countries—that man who spoke in glowing terms of the storming of Inkermann , of the "thin red line" at Balaklava , of all the daring deeds of the British soldier , and who raised the British people as one man , and I believe was the means of establishing that great and mihtbod have for the support of our throne

gy y we now , our church , and our constitution—I mean our gallant volunteers . Hear , hear . ) Capt . Engledue , I know you want to get away , and I shall not detain this assembly much further . 1 have only to say that young as I am , I feel now that I have a right to these badges , because you , the people of Southampton—and you are the

strength ancl sinew of them—you endorse them . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not our mission to sit clown after having carried some great political vote amid the applause of a listening senate ; but it is our mission ancl our duty too , to go into the haunts of the poor , to carry the glad tidings of the Gospel to the homes of the destitute , the afflicted , and the oppressed ; and to tell them that in this fleeting , dying world , there is not time for the little bickerings which agitate man and man , hut to tell them to look forward to a

brighter , a better , and a more blessed future . And in conclusion I will say it is my duty to uphold , as far as I can , my University in its proud ancl honourable distinction ; and above all , sir , to continue to hold in your estimation , ancl in that of the gentlemen present , the good opinion I do now . That shall be my aim ancl object ; and I trust to be enabled through a kind and merciful Providence , to leave behind me to my children that which is better than all riches —a good name . ( Hearhear . ) And nowCaptain Engledue ancl

, . gentlemen , let mo again say that I most cordially and sincerely tender my warmest thanks . ( Loud cheers . ) The gentlemen present then sat clown to an elegant dejeuner supplied by Mr . Fisk , of the High-street . Captain Engledue occupied the chair ; Bro . J . R . Stebbing , Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes , the vice- chair ; among those present were Bro . P . Perkins , the late Mayor , P . Prov . GlAV . ; Bro . C . E .

Deacon , Town Clerk , D . Prov . G . M . ; Bros . T . P . Payne , Andrews , Passenger , Dr . II . Clark , W . H . Hickman , Prov . G . Sec , & c . After tbe toasts of " Tbe Queen , " "The Army , Navy , and A olnnteers , " and "The Health of the Rev . Dr . Bradshaw , " had heen drunk , the Rev . gentleman proposed "The Health of Captain Engledue , " observing that he was a true British sailor and a thorough English gentleman , and that nothing gave him greater pleasure than that

Captain Engledue should have presided on the occasion and presented him with his robes . Captain Engledue replied , and retired amidst loud cheers , having a pressing engagement . On the retirement of Captain Engledue , Bro . F . Perkins was called to the chair . A number of loyal , patriotic , ancl complimentary toasts were honoured ; after enjoying the afternoon the party , at the invitation of Mr . Brinton , proceeded to that gentleman's residence at Bassett . They took the opportunity to inspect the beautiful grounds at Red Lodge ( Mr . Rogers ' s ) ,- partook of tea and other refreshments on the lawn at Mr . Brinton's , and passed an exceedingly pleasant evening .

KENT . PROVINCIAL GBAS " D LODGE . ( Prom our own Reporter . ) The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the pretty little town of Ashford—a first-class station on the South Eastern Railway—on Wednesday last , and when it would have

been impossible for the brethren to have heen blessed with more magnificent weather ; a great consideration when there is to be an out-of-doors demonstration . The proceedings of the day were inaugurated by a handsome breakfast at the Saracen's Head Hotel , to which the AA . M . ancl brethren of the Invieta Lodge ( No . 1011 ) , had invited the Prov . G . M ., the D . Prov . G . M ., and a large number of other brethrenancl which was presided over bBro . Eastesthe W . M .

, y , At half past eleven o ' clock , the lodge was opened in the Ashford School Rooms , which have been recently built at Barrow Hill , the top of the town , and which , by their construction , were admirably adapted for such a meeting . The Prov . G . M . Bro . Viscount Holmesdale , M . P ., presided , supported by Bro . Dobson , D . Prov . G . M . ; Bros . Savage , P . G . D . ; S . B . Wilson , P . G . D . ; Hallowes , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; Harvey Boyes , P . D . Prov . G . M . ; Plummer , Prov . G . AV . ; Keddell , PProvGWDelmarPProvGAVJonesPProvGAV

. . .. ; , . . .. ; , . . .. ; Garnder , P . Prov . G . AA " . ; Moneypenny , P . Prov . G . W . ; Stock , P . Prov . G . W . ; B . Thorpe , P . Prov . G . Reg . ; C . Isaacs , Prov . G . Sec . ; Wales , Asst . Prov . G . Sec ; Day , P . Prov . G . D . ; Mimns , P . Prov . G . D . ; AV . H . Moore , P . Prov . G . D . ; Peeking , P . Prov . G . D . ; Wood . P . G . Std ., ancl Prov . G . D ., Sussex ; Cooley , Prov . G . D . C . ; Gore , P . Prov . D . G . C . ; Key , P . Prov . G . Org . ; Reynolds , PProvGOrgPhili ProvGPurstTolputtProv .

. . . . ; pson , . . . ; , G . Org . ; J . Eastes , W . M . 1011 ; May , S . AA . 1011 ; Springett J . W . 1011 ; and upwards of 200 other brethren , brethren . The minutes of the last annual Provincial Grand Lodge , held at Gravesend in October , ancl of a Grand Lodge of Emergency held at Chatham in January , were read and confirmed , the Prov . G . M ., D . Prov . G . M ., ancl other Prov . G . Officers having heen first saluted

in due form . Bro . HALLOAVES , P . D . Prov . G ., moved the election of Bro . Benj . Thorpe , as Prov . G . Treas ., which was seconded hy Bro . Delmar , P . Prov . G . AV . Bro . CODJLEY , Prov . G . D . C , moved the re-election of Bro .